Hi!
Just won a psp on eBay and I am awaiting it's arrival. In the mean time, I would like to get the other items I will need. Is it best if I have an unpatched copy of GTA LCS? I see the ones on eBay are very expensive.

Also, can I use any type of memory card? Where is the best place to buy them?

THanks in advance!

Just found this:

"but any firmware from 2.81 to 3.03 need a Grand Theft Auto: LCS disc to downgrade"

Looks like I will have to wait till it arrives to see what the current firmware is.

yes.it is best you have an unpatched 1
you know its unpatched if it has a 2.00 FW update on it
get a sandisk memeory card,their faster and cheaper than the sony ones
dont buy mem cards off ebay though,der usually fake cards on ebay
which dont work as well

Thanks! Will look for Sandisk!

yea sandisk is the best ... but not on ebay mostly the sony ones are bootleg.. watch out fotr them

no problem

Well, it finally arrived! It has 3.03 firmware on it, so I guess my next step is to look for a copy of GTA! If anyone knows anyone with a copy for sale, let me know! Otherwise, I will be going to eBay.

I went to Circuit City yesterday and got a 2 meg san disk memory stick. $40 after a $20 rebate, looked like a good deal to me!

It was late last night when I finally got the time to sit down with it. I didn't get any games yet, so I spent some time with the browser and managed to download the few game demos at psp.com. Nothing too interesting there. Can anyone recommend some good general web sites? I don't know if I just have to get used to this thing, but it seems to be a royal pain to navigate through a site when you can only see a small part of the page on your screen at one time!

My task for today is to transfer some video over to the psp, maybe some photos and music, too. If the weather clears up, I may go to the store and pick up a game or two.

WooHoo!!!!!

for the browser, try changing your settings in tools in the browser, see what you like best for format, once you get used to one it's pretty easy, not the best but at least it does it's job

Thanks, neverused! I hope that will help.

Does anyone know if there is a way to transfer video files from my pc using my router? It seems that I do not have a usb cable, guess I will have to pick one up when I go out. I read about one that will charge the psp at the same time, that sounds good.

I found one at best buy, you don't have to get that one bu they do exist, hope this helps

This looks great and only $10....

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Looks like I will be heading out to best buy! Thanks!

Got the cable and transferred over a video, which seems to play quite well, sweet!

Now, all I need is a good deal on GTA:LCS so I can attampt the downgrade!
Any ideas? I will probably go to eBay... last time I looked, they were all expensive.

Y dont you go to the shopping area of this website..... you might find a really good deal

I checked through the last several months of posts and didn't find anything except a closed auction... Oh well!
Time for eBay!

Check to see if any of your mates have a copy or mates of mates may have a copy.. Will save you buying a copy in the long run.. Second hand shops or game shops that sell em second hand are your best bets too.. Congrats on purchase of your PSP their great lil things..

Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who has a copy. I will check out the secondhand stores though, will have to see how to determine if it is the correct version first. That's a great idea, thanks!

I am having a blast with it, so far and it's only going to get better as time goes on. I found a bunch of demo games that I downloaded and have also been watching videos on it. Still looking for more demos to download.

sandisk and no ebay

The 2 gig sticks are going for $40, got one last week and I saw an ad for this week's sales for $40. Maybe it's time to pick up another one.

Still trying to find GTA:LCS so I can downgrade. Tried blockbuster, but they have a later version of the game. Oh well! It was worth a shot.

i personnally would get one from a shop and 1 gb is 30-40 pound.

My unpatched copy of GTA:LCS arrived today. I am a little nervous going into this as I would really hate to brick my psp. Any help or suggestions there would be great. The directions to downgrade to 1.5 say to format your memory stick and have an extra one handy. I only have one, I sure hope that will get me through this!

just be really careful and you shouldnt need another ms, as far as i know, i hope you upgrade to 3.03oec as well its the more stable of fw currently out and apperantly has more support for iso's. youll be fine just make sure to read and read the instructions again to make sure your doing everything right...

buy.com has 4 gig sandisks for like US $50

Cool, I am waiting for my friend to help me out, just to make sure. Yep, once I downgrade, I will upgrade to oec.

I think the sale is over on those 4gb sticks, unless that was another sale I saw, I will check it out.
Thanks!

Heres the link to stvnkch's easy downgrader. Just download and follow the instructions.

http://www.psp-spot.com/forums/index.php?a...s&f_id=1517